pyldapi 2.1.2.post5

A very small module to add Linked Data API functionality to a Python Flask installation

The Python Linked Data API (pyLDAPI) is:

A very small module to add Linked Data API functionality to a Python Flask installation.

What is it?

This module contains only a small Python module which is intended to be added (imported) into a Python Flask installation in order to add a series of extra functions to endpoints to the ones defined by you as a Flask user (URL routes).

An API using this module will get:

• an alternates view for each Register and Object that the API delivers

  • if the API declares the appropriate model views for each item

• a Register of Registers

  • a start-up function that auto-generates a Register of Registers is run when the API is launched.

• a basic, over-writeable template for Registers’ HTML & RDF

Definitions

Alternates View

The model view that lists all other views. This API uses the definition of alternates view presented at https://promsns.org/def/alt.

Linked Data Principles

The principles of making things available over the internet in both human and machine-readable forms. Codified by the World Wide Web Consortium. See https://www.w3.org/standards/semanticweb/data.

Model View

A set of properties of a Linked Data object codified according to a standard or profile of a standard.

Object

Any individual thing delivered according to Linked Data principles.

Register

A simple listing of URIs of objects, delivered according to Linked Data principles.

Register of Registers

A register that lists all other registers which this API provides.

pyLDAPI in action

• Register of Media Types

  • https://w3id.org/mediatype/

• Linked Data version of the Geocoded National Address File

  • http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/gnaf

Documentation

Detailed documentation can be found at https://pyldapi.readthedocs.io/

Licence

This is licensed under GNU General Public License (GPL) v3.0. See the LICENSE deed for more details.

Contact

Nicholas Car (lead)

Senior Experimental Scientist

CSIRO Land and Water

[e-mail]

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8742-7730

Ashley Sommer (senior developer)

Informatics Software Engineer

CSIRO Land and Water

[e-mail]

Related work

pyLDAPI Client

• A Simple helper library for consuming registers, indexes, and instances of classes exposed via a pyLDAPI endpoint.